Although Qiao Xiuyuan had long since abandoned martial arts for literature, he still possessed the skill to kill. If that kick had been any heavier, it might have directly taken Jiang's life.

Jiang lay on the ground, her face contorted in pain, blood streaming from her mouth. She looked utterly wretched and stared at Qiao Xiuyuan with disbelief.

It seemed she was waiting for her husband to give her a reason for treating her this way.

"Father! What are you doing!"

Qiao Zixi's eyes were filled with disbelief. After speaking quickly, she hurriedly went to help Jiang Shi up.

As far back as she could remember, her parents had always treated each other with respect, and her father had never even spoken harshly to her mother.

But why is it like this now?!

Before she could even reach Jiang's side, Qiao Xiuyuan forcefully grabbed her long hair.

"Ouch! That hurts!"

Qiao Zixi reached out to pull the hair out of Qiao Xiuyuan's hand, but Qiao Xiuyuan pulled her to the ground with force.

Qiao Xiuyuan walked over to Qiao Zixi and kicked off the veil on her face. When he saw Qiao Zixi's rotten cheeks, he didn't show any surprise. On the contrary, he showed a relieved smile.

"You're not my father! Who are you?!"

Qiao Zixi glared at Qiao Xiuyuan and struggled to get up, but Qiao Xiuyuan kicked her in the chest, causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Ha! You should be glad I'm your father, otherwise if you weren't my daughter, I would have sent you to meet the King of Hell right now!"

Qiao Xiuyuan's voice was unusually cold, his eyes were filled with terrifying killing intent, and his whole person exuded a sinister aura, completely different from his previous refined and handsome appearance.

Looking down at Qiao Zixi, whose eyes were filled with resentment and unwillingness, Qiao Xiuyuan actually raised his foot and stepped on her face, making her scream like a pig being slaughtered.

"ah!…"

"My lord!"

Despite the pain, Jiang cried out in alarm and struggled to crawl toward Qiao Zixi, grabbing Qiao Xiuyuan's leg.

"My lord, Xi'er is your own daughter! How could you treat her like this?!"

Jiang believed that Qiao Xiuyuan must be possessed by a demon, otherwise he would not have done these things.

Before she could finish speaking, she was mercilessly kicked away by Qiao Xiuyuan, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

Qiao Xiuyuan's eyes flashed with disdain, and he sneered, "Ha! This kind of viperous woman doesn't even deserve to be called Xi'er!"

If Qiao Ziming, who was in a wheelchair, was unsure why Qiao Xiuyuan was acting this way at first, he was now certain of his guess after hearing these words.

His father had learned about what had happened in the manor recently and was feeling indignant on Su Muxi's behalf.

But the way he sought to stand up for justice was something he never expected...

"Father, Su Muxi is just an outsider, but Mother is your first wife, and my sister is your own daughter!"

Qiao Ziming pushed the wheelchair forward, trying to speak to Qiao Xiuyuan to wake him up.

But Qiao Xiuyuan kicked his wheelchair over, causing him to fall to the ground.

Qiao Xiuyuan looked down at Qiao Ziming, who was struggling to get up on the ground, with a sneer on his lips.

"Look at you, you good-for-nothing! If you weren't my only son, I would never have let Xi'er marry such a useless person!"

Having said that, he took a step back and coldly looked at the three people lying on the ground.

"Jiang Chunhua, I think you've had too many good days and can't tell your place anymore! You think I married you and never took a concubine all these years because I love you deeply? Ha! What a joke! I just don't want the household to become chaotic and bothersome with other women!"

"Xi'er is kind and filial. Seeing that you were ill after childbirth, she brewed medicine for you and treated you with great respect. But how did you repay her? Just because you believed a few words from Sun Shan, you hired someone to set fire to the entire Su family!"

"If I had known you were so vicious, I should have killed you after you gave birth to Qiao Ziming, so you wouldn't have given birth to that venomous woman, Qiao Zixi!"

Jiang lay weakly on the ground, no longer caring about the pain in her body, only looking at Qiao Xiuyuan and shedding tears.

She thought her husband loved her deeply, but it turned out he loathed her so much.

She couldn't understand why her husband would treat her and her two children this way because Su Muxi was just an outsider.

As he spoke, Qiao Xiuyuan looked at Qiao Zixi, who was writhing in pain on the ground.

Qiao Zixi's face had already started to scab over, but after Qiao Xiuyuan stepped on it, it started bleeding again, making her look even more terrifying than before.

"Qiao Zixi, you are a filthy and ugly person who should live in the dark and sunless silt. It was Xi'er who was kind and pulled you out. But what do you do? Not only do you not thank Xi'er for healing the scars on your face, but you also think you are superior and target Xi'er at every turn."

"Why don't you take a look in the mirror and see your own character? You were born to a mean, selfish, and lowly village woman. What makes you think you're superior? Just because you have the title of the daughter of the Marquis of Anyang?"

"I was originally going to kill you, but since your appearance has been ruined, you might as well continue living."

"Let the world see just how ugly the daughter of the Marquis of Anyang really is. I'll make sure you live your whole life with that face!"

Qiao Zixi shook her head, crying, "No! No! You're not my father! You're not my father!"

This time, Qiao Xiuyuan wasn't angry. Instead, he showed an interested expression and continued, "Oh, by the way, I named you Xi because of Xi'er back then. I never thought it would bring you such a good marriage. It's a good thing Pei Yuan was stupid and mistook you for Xi'er, otherwise I would have had a headache for a while."

"It seems you're not entirely useless after all, so I won't let the Pei family break off the engagement. I will definitely let you marry into the Pei family!"

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